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The story doesn't go into any real detail about the issue the CBSA has with this guy so it's kind of hard to judge whether this is just some government paperwork glitch or whether the UK is requesting his deportation. Doesn't sound like he's facing charges in the UK given he's taking his son back with him. Seems pretty harsh and unforgiving on the face of it though. It's too bad we'll be losing a reformed anti-racism advocate - we need all the help we can get on that front.

You're absolutely correct about this. In addition to two siblings who live and work in the U.S., I have relatives on both my mother's and father's side of the family who live there. In fact, my mother, an American, met my father when she was visiting relatives who lived in Canada. Familial links between the two countries are extensive. I think a lot of the negativity Canadians have about U.S. policy emerges when Canadians believe that the U.S. fails to recognize and/or respect Canadian interests, as has been the case with Trump's tariff wars. Because the U.S. is economically much more important to Canada than Canada is to it, there's often very little apparent emotional reciprocity in the relationship. The irony in the situation is that Canadians often want to be treated as in a special relationship with the U.S. while at the same time wanting to boldly assert our sovereignty vis-a-vis our giant neighbour. The real world just doesn't work this way. But our periodic animosity eventually fades as political leadership changes south of the border.

You do realize that you're digging yourself a bigger hole here, right? The climate change issue, which we in the West seem intent on twisting ourselves into pretzels to address, doesn't seem to resonate among those in poorer countries. For every step forward taken in the West, two steps backward seem to be taken in the developing world. My point, though, is that self-styled progressives in the West want to have it both ways on issues like immigration and the environment. They fail to recognize the negative impacts of immigration on climate change while touting it, contrary in many cases to available evidence, as a cure-all to resolve problems that exist within Western economies and societies. Meanwhile, they insist that we in the West aren't doing enough to address climate change.

We are waiting for Godot...

There don't seem to be any set standards. People with much worse pasts are allowed to stay. I can even remember one who was a member of a torture squad who was given refugee status. Currently, there are two Asian women out west who are permanent residents who seem to have escaped deportation. One stabbed a four year old boy because he was making too much noise. The other conspired with her boyfriend to rob a bank. And of course, we have the Khadr family... So how exactly are we protecting Canada by booting out a guy who has been gainfully employed and involved in no crime for 13 years?

Many Canadians have strong ties to the USA via family...simple as that. Who has family on both sides of the border? I bet you do. I'm a bettin' man...

Why am I still married?

Of course, it won't happen because the Liberals know full well what such an inquiry would show about how much money is going into their coffers from China. If China is engaging in influence peddling and bribery, including using overseas Chinese to do it in Australia and New Zealand they are most definitely doing it in Canada too. And the Liberal party will be the beneficiaries. As Australia continues to reel from lurid revelations about the extent of Beijing’s influence-peddling, espionage and propaganda operations in that country, Conservative Senator Linda Frum says Ottawa should follow Canberra’s example by launching an inquiry into the extent of Beijing’s subterfuge in Canada, and by tightening laws to prevent Beijing from meddling in Canadian political processes. http://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-liberals-not-keen-to-prohibit-foreign-read-chinese-money-from-influencing-canadian-voters